The Tahs 2009
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Lee Grant
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Yeah Kepu re-signed for 1 year which is a short time. Perhaps they are re-aligning their contracting timetables so that not every prop is up for renewal at the same time. Or maybe they don't think much of him, which I doubt. More likely it is Kepu's manager telling him to back himself and take a jump up in class in 2009 for a better negotiation a year from now.
Also, at long last, Jeremy Tilse has been replaced in the roster. Dan Palmer, the Oz U/20 THP has been signed for 3 years. He was in the professional Academy this year and they must have thought a lot of him there to sign him for so long as a teenager.
You may recall that Palmer came off the bench against the Highlanders on a rainy day in Dunedin, instead of Baxter who had got a head knock in the previous game.
With the S14 probably expanding in 2010 and Baxter and Dunning not getting any younger, we need a few young props to give service in a longer season. And who knows: THP Salesi Manu in the NSW Academy, yet still at school, could be backing up Palmer in the years to come.
It was a pity about Tilse, but he was Link's biggest contracting disaster in his time IMO.
Also, at long last, Jeremy Tilse has been replaced in the roster. Dan Palmer, the Oz U/20 THP has been signed for 3 years. He was in the professional Academy this year and they must have thought a lot of him there to sign him for so long as a teenager.
You may recall that Palmer came off the bench against the Highlanders on a rainy day in Dunedin, instead of Baxter who had got a head knock in the previous game.
With the S14 probably expanding in 2010 and Baxter and Dunning not getting any younger, we need a few young props to give service in a longer season. And who knows: THP Salesi Manu in the NSW Academy, yet still at school, could be backing up Palmer in the years to come.
It was a pity about Tilse, but he was Link's biggest contracting disaster in his time IMO.
Aussie D said:
IIRC he moved north when his father returned to Brisbane and is running around with Brothers these days. There was an article about his younger brother making his A grade debut with Brothers where it was mentioned the younger Shaw would be playing with his older brother Liam.
Interpretation: banjo whackers call first grade "A grade" and second grade "reserve grade". I don't know why, ask them.
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Liam Shaw did OK in the ARC for Melbourne. Often played 30 mins off the bench rather than started but always was noticeable. A bit lightweight for a S14 lock perhaps though.
Lee Grant
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And good luck going to the supermarket looking for tall timber because there's a lot of empty shelves.
The two professional NSW Academy locks Thompson and Byrnes wouldn't be the worst as reserve locks but we'll need a starter - and there's talk about Caldwell going too; so we may need two.
And someone posted that Byrnes was going to Queensland. Bloody poaching Reds. Typical.
And worse still, we heard that Al Campbell is coming back.
It's the end of the world I tells ya. The end of the world.
The two professional NSW Academy locks Thompson and Byrnes wouldn't be the worst as reserve locks but we'll need a starter - and there's talk about Caldwell going too; so we may need two.
And someone posted that Byrnes was going to Queensland. Bloody poaching Reds. Typical.
And worse still, we heard that Al Campbell is coming back.
It's the end of the world I tells ya. The end of the world.
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Do we include Italy and Japan for the poaching history of Van the Man?
I point out that although born in NSW (well, Moree, NSW by a few km) he chose at first to move to Brisbane (far closer to home than Sydney in any event).
I point out that although born in NSW (well, Moree, NSW by a few km) he chose at first to move to Brisbane (far closer to home than Sydney in any event).
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